Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,794,006

Total expenses

$1,721,453

Contributions and grants received

$1,774,299

Grants paid

$812,421

Program service revenue

$5,002

Investment income

$14,705

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,272,892

Total liabilities, end of year

$171,700

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,101,192

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,406,370

Management and general expenses

$164,317

Fundraising expenses

$150,766

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,406,370

Program services were 81.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $739,028 · Grants $447,232

• Creating a Community of Shared Responsibility: Vulnerable Populations As Jews, we are responsible for taking care of our entire community, including its most vulnerable members. From caring for local Jewish community needs through the Kosher Food Pantry to caring for Jewish refugees in Ukraine, we help ensure that no one is left behind. This year, our Israel and Overseas Committee has made generous allocations to the JDC and the Jewish Agency for Israel.

  Expenses $215,165 · Grants $215,165 · Revenue $18

• Engaging the Next GenerationYoung Jewish Charleston (YJC) Young Jewish Charleston provides a space for adults in their 20s and 30s to connect socially and professionally, thus cultivating a close sense of fellowship and enhancing the inherently familial nature of the Charleston Jewish community. Whether you are an established Charlestonian or have just moved to town, YJC embraces all young Jewish adults. Young Jewish Charleston accepts and appreciates the involvement of interfaith and intercultural couples, maintaining a firm ideology of inclusion amongst Charleston's Jewish population. Events and activities hosted in the past have included happy hours, Shabbat dinners, beach days, tikkun olam (repair the World) events, and learning sessions with our local rabbis. Every gathering of YJC is designed for young adults to form valuable friendships and feel at home around their peers. PJ Library The PJ Library is a unique program that encourages Jewish families with young children to explore Jewish literature. Families do not have to be affiliated or any specific branch of Judaism. All families, so long as they choose to raise their children with some Jewish education, are eligible. Each month, PJ Library sends an age-appropriate Jewish content book or gift to enrolled children from birth to age nine. After they turn nine, they can enroll in PJ Our Way, the next chapter in the PJ experience. Created by The Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), PJ Library is funded by the Charleston Jewish Federation, local philanthropists, and HGF. Our local PJ chapter also provides opportunities for families to explore their Jewishness through various experiences - virtual and in person, individual and group. Shalom Baby Shalom Baby is designed to help Charleston families (affiliated, non- affiliated, and interfaith) celebrate the arrival of their Jewish newborns and welcome them to the Jewish Community through gift baskets, playgroups, social events, holiday celebrations, and resource guides. These events help parents connect with others, find local resources, and navigate parenthood.

  Expenses $302,622 · Grants $77,574 · Revenue $4,984

• Strengthening Our Connection to Israel and Jewish Peoplehood Israel Engagement Initiative There is no place in the world more meaningful for the Jewish people than Israel. While the ancient land of Israel has always been home to the Jews, since 1948, the modern State of Israel has completely transformed what it means to be a Jew. Because of the State of Israel, Jews have a national Identity, wherever they live. Here at the Charleston Jewish Federation, we believe that Israel is one of the most effective ways to connect North American Jews of all ages to their heritage, and thereby strengthen our connections to the local Jewish community and the worldwide Jewish community. We also know that Israelis get more involved, more connected, and more aware of their Jewish identity when they have relationships with Jews outside of Israel.Partnership 2GetherPartnership 2Gether (P2G) creates relationships between the people of the Hadera-Eiron region in Israel, 11 Southeastern US communities, and the newest addition to the Partnership, Prague. Here in Charleston, that hasmanifested itself in peer-to-peer programs for young leaders, customized touring and home hospitality in the region for Charlestonians who visit Israel, and educational programming to connect teachers and students. Thanks to this partnership, the future of Charleston's relationship with Israel is stronger than ever.Israel Emergency Campaign & support for Israel during these challenging times.

  Expenses $149,555 · Grants $72,450

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• Secure Community Network Inc

  $110,169

  Security Programs

• Jewish Federation of North America

  $107,428

  Emergency Relief

• Addlestone Hebrew Academy

  $104,153

  Tuition and Program Support

• Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston

  $53,122

  Program Support

• Jewish Federation of North America

  $41,556

  Israel Solidarity Fund

• Addlestone Hebrew Academy

  $41,376

  Security Programs

• Chabad of Charleston Inc

  $38,116

  Security Programs

• Jewish Federation of North America

  $35,104

  Israel Overseas Programs

• Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

  $30,000

  Program Support

• Jewish Endowment Foundation of South Carolina

  $25,000

  Endowment Support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• The Jewish Endowment Fund Inc

  501(c)(3) · Endowment · SC

  Directly controlled by Charleston Jewish Federation Inc

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523189349312592

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